‘Untenable’
Day one of the government shutdown, and there appears to be no end in sight. The Weeknight hosts and guests weigh in.
The Weeknight · Palmer Heenan, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, Rep. Greg Casar, J. Michael Luttig, Paul Osadebe
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Show Notes
October 1, 2025 7pm On day one of the government shutdown, Democrats are standing firm - aiming to protect health care benefits Republicans want to cut. Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett join The Weeknight with the latest on negotiations as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed nationwide. Plus two civil rights lawyers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Palmer Heenan and Paul Osadebe, were fired from their posts for speaking out against political interference at the agency. They join the conversation to respond.
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